Budget of 194681 Approved by LFPDC
The Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission approved a 194,681 dollar budget for 1977 78 after an executive session on a personnel salary issue. The package includes a 5 percent cost of living raise and a 3 percent merit increase, boosting total salary raises to about 6.5 percent. Income totals 236,162 with 70,000 carried forward, plus federal 65,518 and Virginia 51,715 among others. The commission also backed Phase II of the 1978 Comprehensive Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Plan, funding jail operations, training for officers, and manuals, with several items contingent on additional federal money. A public hearing for the District Comprehensive Plan is set for June 14 at 7:30 p.m. in an unspecified location, with plans to be adopted by five of eight jurisdictions.
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Front Royal
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Wendell Seldon
Seldon
Commonwealth of Virginia
Division of Justice and
Police Training Academy
Weyers Cave
Warren County
Planning Commissions
Clarke County Plans Trailer Court South of Waterloo
Clarke County planning Commission heard proposals for a seven unit trailer court on Rt. 340 south of Waterloo with a survey showing no sewer facility needed. The panel will recommend the concept to the Board of Supervisors, and also approved two lot subdivisions and a Fairfield Farm plat change. A 13 lot subdivision hearing was cancelled due to incomplete adjoining landowner notices.
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Berryville
Clarke County Planning Commission
Rt. 340
Waterloo
Betty Meade Stuart
Board of Supervisors
James Hobbs
Wiley Tract
Rt. 605
Robert Freschi
Rt. 7
Britt Gilbert
Fairfield Farm
Health Department
Richard Goode
Rt. 649
Charlie Chicken Finds a Friend in Rojo the Rooster in Berryville
Charlie the Clarke County chicken gains a mate prospect Rojo a red roost er with a black tail arrives in town. Eustace Jackson at Scheuer's Store calls Rojo a game rooster while noting Charlie may set eggs though hatchings are uncertain. Rojo roams near the courthouse lawn as Charlie searches for handouts near the jail.
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Star
Berryville
Charlie
Clarke County
Rojo
Eustace Jackson
Scheuer's
Jackson
Central Alarm
Roso
Rooster
Charlie the Chicken
Arson Aimed Fire Reported At Lowe's Building Supplies
Deputy Robert Williamson and Sergeant Robert Sager of the Frederick County Sheriff's Department say a fire at Lowe's Building Supplies on Front Royal Road likely started as arson. The 8:38 a.m. blaze damaged a storage area for paint and caulking and burned some IBM blank computer cards. Evidence including one paint can has been sent to the State Crime Lab for tests as investigators continue.
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Robert Williamson
Robert Sager
Frederick County
Sager
Winchester School Board weighs 40,000 insurance increase
At a regular meeting on Monday the Winchester School Board will decide on a Hubert Stratton architectural firm request for an extra 40,000 liability policy for Handley High School renovations. Meeting starts 7 30 p m in the School Board Offices Braddock Street.
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Winchester School Board
Braddock St
Jacob Johnson
Hubert Stratton
Handley High School
Howard Shockey
Johnson
Handley
Two-Vehicle Crash at Rt 7 and I 81 Causes $1,800 Damage
Police report a two car collision at the Rt 7 and I 81 intersection at 3 25 p m yesterday. Patricia Potts of Berryville drove a car struck in the rear by William L Carter of Winchester as Potts attempted a left turn onto the interstate entrance ramp. Potts’s car sustained 300 damage and Carter’s 1500.
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Rt. 7
I-81
Patricia Potts
Berryville
William L. Carter
Winchester
Potts
Carter
Middletown Faces 2 Million Upgrade to Treat Sewage
Middletown council hears plan to abandon lagoon treatment by 1980 and build a new Town Run plant with 75 percent EPA funding. Town bears remaining costs and operational expenses. Annexation survey for Frederick County parcels advances with 2,500 estimated costs. Grants totaling 90 dollars, 5,000 HUD plan funds, and 1,514 local share noted. Solar heating option discussed if grants fail.
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Middletown
John Legge
Environmental Protection Agency
Frederick County
Legge
Blaze at Lowe's stores little damage near Winchester
A fire in a storage area at Lowe's Building Supplies on Rt 522 near Winchester caused minor damage and prompted Greenwood and Winchester fire units to respond. Officials said the blaze started among boxes of caulking and paint with no electrical wires nearby. Frederick County Sheriff’s investigators were notified and are examining the scene.
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Lowe's
Rt. 522
Winchester
Greenwood
Gene Dailey
Frederick County Sheriff's Department
Robert Sager
Lowe’s
Steve Whelan
Indictments In Warren County Court Target Burglary Schemes
A Warren County grand jury returned 27 indictments against 16 people in circuit court. Defendants face charges from breaking and entering to grand larceny, with names including Michael and Robert Franklin, William Clatterbuck, Leo Peck Jr, Shirley’s Restaurant, W & W Trading Post, and others. An arraignment date was set for Schnetter and Michael Franklin on May 17, and capias returns ordered for Peck and several others. A June 3 hearing date was set for Robert Spence on pretrial motions and a trial date to be determined.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Michael Ray Franklin
Robert Wayne Franklin
William D. Clatterbuck
William Perkinson
Gene Derflinger
Miller Williams
Isaac Isner
Leo Bruce Peck Jr
Isner
Michael Franklin
Larry Preston Beckner
Stephen Wayne Pritchett
Skyline Terrace
James Skyles
Pritchett
Shirley's
Susan C. Hough
Bobby Lynn Butler
Lon Jerome Groth
Savannah Bowers
David Dwight McFarlane
Roy H. Grove
Virgil Clarence Campbell
Juanita
Thomas Jackson
Ralph Lewis Diggs
Wilson Randolph Burke III
Claude H. Schnetter
Dorothy Mae Henry
William Ray Henry
Schnetter
Peck
Henrys
Hough
Butler
Burke
Joshua Robinson
Robert Spence
Spence
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LFPDC
By Susan Burke
R. Edward Duncan
Commission
Lowell Baughan
John Marlow
James Myers
Ron Berg
Winchester Evening Star
Sandra Aimonetti
A. S. Rhodes
P.T.A
Star Color
J. Miles Cary
Clarke
Bill BY
Sanitarian
Cephas Hook
A.V. Pitta
Pine Grove
John Nelson Carr
John Starnas
Rts
Charlie Chicken
Rose
Shockey
Middletown Council
Strasburg
Stephens City
Clifford Brown
Council
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Cedar Creek
Com
Warren
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